Incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in stool specimens from healthy Japanese schoolchildren

Medical Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-62

  Kawakami, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Masaru ^a   Oana, Kozue ^a   Hama, Naoe ^a   Takahashi, Yuko ^a   Akahane, Takayuki ^a   Okimura, Yukie ^a   Yanagisawa, Eiji ^a   Katsuyama, Tsutomu ^a  

^a Miroku Medical Laboratory Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterococcus casseliflavus; Enterococcus flavescens; Enterococcus gallinarum; Enterococcus mundtii; Intestinal flora; Schoolchildren; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032926808     PISSN: 02698951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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